Homo Sapiens and Homosexual.

[Meira B]

These are my two Knuts on the meaning of 'homo'.

This is from the Collins Concise Dictionary (2001):

When it's part of a word (as in 'homogenize', 'homonym', 'homosexual'), it 
means "same"

When it's a separate word (as in 'Homo Sapiens') it means "A genus of 
hominids including modern man and several extinct species of primitive man."

Meira.

"Alltami - The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower 
taps."
"Bally cumber - One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed."
~The Meaning of Liff / Douglas Adams~


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